Friday 22nd June 2012
Tonight I went to Mum's and helped her make Chinese Rice Dumplings. It's a tradition to make these rice dumplings once a year. I don't know what it is in celebration of and I'm too lazy to google it, but I do look forward to eating these every year!
I remember trying to help Mum wrap the dumplings many years ago but I only attempted a few and have been wanting to help her with them since but I've always been working or out when she decides to make them. They take an evening of preparation, then wrapping and then boiling.
It was rather enjoyable sitting there in the kitchen learning how to do them. I don't think Mum is ready to part with her recipe for cooking the separate components just yet, but she was rather chuffed that I was taking the time to let her teach me how to wrap the dumplings.
Pork belly, chestnuts, yellow lentils, dried shrimp, shitake mushrooms.
I became rather efficient at wrapping them.
They need to boil for several hours and Mum tells me that about three of them burst in the water...they must have been ones that I did...
I remember trying to help Mum wrap the dumplings many years ago but I only attempted a few and have been wanting to help her with them since but I've always been working or out when she decides to make them. They take an evening of preparation, then wrapping and then boiling.
It was rather enjoyable sitting there in the kitchen learning how to do them. I don't think Mum is ready to part with her recipe for cooking the separate components just yet, but she was rather chuffed that I was taking the time to let her teach me how to wrap the dumplings.
They need to boil for several hours and Mum tells me that about three of them burst in the water...they must have been ones that I did...
Tuesday 19th June 2012
Sometimes I feel like something really simple for dinner. Especially in the winter months when it's freezing cold and pouring buckets outside. It's nice to snuggle on the couch and eat something that's warm and filling.
Something that I grew up eating and still love to eat is rice porridge. It's the ultimate comfort food and being Asian, I grew up with it. Mum always made rice porridge for me when I was sick or just feeling a little under the weather. Even when I still lived at home the last the several years, whenever I was hungover on a Saturday or Sunday morning, I would stumble into the kitchen, ask Mum to make some rice porridge and then go back to bed and sleep in until it was ready.
Rice Porridge with Scallops and Fermented Chilli Bean Curd.
Garnished with Deep Fried Shallots and fresh Spring Onions.
I have really been getting stuck into these large imported scallops that I buy frozen from the local Asian grocer. Even though they are frozen, I can throw them into the rice porridge while they're still frozen, or into soups, and they are so soft and tender to eat when they're cooked. Not tough or dry at all. Juicy!
Something that I grew up eating and still love to eat is rice porridge. It's the ultimate comfort food and being Asian, I grew up with it. Mum always made rice porridge for me when I was sick or just feeling a little under the weather. Even when I still lived at home the last the several years, whenever I was hungover on a Saturday or Sunday morning, I would stumble into the kitchen, ask Mum to make some rice porridge and then go back to bed and sleep in until it was ready.
Garnished with Deep Fried Shallots and fresh Spring Onions.
I have really been getting stuck into these large imported scallops that I buy frozen from the local Asian grocer. Even though they are frozen, I can throw them into the rice porridge while they're still frozen, or into soups, and they are so soft and tender to eat when they're cooked. Not tough or dry at all. Juicy!
Sunday 17th June 2012
After a disappointing lunch at Hogs Breath Cafe in Northbridge, we went for coffee and cake at Fiorentina Patisserie on Angove Street in North Perth.
Carrot Cake
Steamboat tonight at my place.
Kong's Mango Cheesecake.
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